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<h1 id="BVAR/Contents">Bayesian VAR prior dummies: BVAR package</h1>

<p>The BVAR package can be used to create the basic types of prior dummy
observations when estimating Bayesian VAR models.</p>

<h3>Constructing dummy observations</h3>

<ul><li><link id="BVAR/litterman"><tt>litterman</tt></link>&nbsp;&ndash;&nbsp;Litterman's prior dummy observations for BVARs.</li>
<li><link id="BVAR/sumofcoeff"><tt>sumofcoeff</tt></link>&nbsp;&ndash;&nbsp;Doan et al sum-of-coefficient prior dummy observations for BVARs.</li>
<li><link id="BVAR/uncmean"><tt>uncmean</tt></link>&nbsp;&ndash;&nbsp;Unconditional-mean dummy (or Sims' initial dummy) observations for BVARs.</li></ul>

<h3>Getting help on BVAR functions</h3>
<pre>   help BVAR
   help BVAR/function_name
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